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Creating talk page so it isn't a red link. — Oxyaena Harass 09:49, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
- Can you please also stop creating talk pages just for the sake of it? It's not useful for editors or readers. You want to create a talk page, make sure there's an actual comment and discussion-starter first. --It's-a me,
LeftyGreenMario! 04:03, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
"Run on sentence"[edit]
@Nerd Can you stop being such a prick? What does it matter if it's a run on sentence, it's still accurate irregardless. — Oxyaena Harass 03:39, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
- Because we should all try to write with correct spelling and grammar? You want to be taken seriously, don't you? Write as if you are handing this to your English teacher, because someone is going to read it. (That's before we talk about the tone. A credible historical account should avoid loaded language.) Nerd (talk) 03:42, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
- And here we go into the prescriptivist/descriptivist argument. — Oxyaena Harass 03:45, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
- Not an excuse for poor grammar, Oxyaena, but one mistake is nothing. Nerd, I don't think you even reviewed my grammatical corrections. There are no runons either, Nerd. Yes, the sentence is unnecessarily long (remember, "due to the fact" is a wordy phrase), but it's complete. I just chopped up the super long sentence into shorter ones so it isn't as tiring to read. The only real grammar error I could find was a capitalization one. --It's-a me, LeftyGreenMario! 03:52, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
- @LeftyGreenMario Well, thanks, I guess. — Oxyaena Harass 04:31, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
- Not an excuse for poor grammar, Oxyaena, but one mistake is nothing. Nerd, I don't think you even reviewed my grammatical corrections. There are no runons either, Nerd. Yes, the sentence is unnecessarily long (remember, "due to the fact" is a wordy phrase), but it's complete. I just chopped up the super long sentence into shorter ones so it isn't as tiring to read. The only real grammar error I could find was a capitalization one. --It's-a me,
- And here we go into the prescriptivist/descriptivist argument. — Oxyaena Harass 03:45, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Stuff about Jefferson[edit]
It says in the note: "He even fielded out an entire fleet to retake Haiti..." What fleet? We Americans had a fleet during Jefferson's presidency? We barely had a "fleet" three years after his presidency ended! Also the assertion that there was an invasion of any kind requires a citation since I have not seen that claim made anywhere other than this website. 72.92.237.87 (talk) 07:02, 31 January 2020 (UTC) A
- Jefferson put an embargo on trade with Haiti, but certainly I can't see any mention of even an attempted American invasion or fleet (Napoleon launched a massive attempted invasion in 1801).[1][2][3] May as well delete that bit, there's quite a few bits on this site that sound like someone's half-remembered high school history lesson. --Annanoon (talk) 14:16, 31 January 2020 (UTC)